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The U.S. Air Force was even going to test a nuclear-capable missile on the same day that would have sent a message to all those peace-mongers about who we really are, but I just heard that they canceled the launch.
Colleen Turner: Peace Day Is for Wusses Colleen Turner 2011
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The U.S. Air Force was even going to test a nuclear-capable missile on the same day that would have sent a message to all those peace-mongers about who we really are, but I just heard that they canceled the launch.
Colleen Turner: Peace Day Is for Wusses Colleen Turner 2011
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On August 31, an American nuclear-capable B-52 bomber took to the air from the Minot, North Dakota, Air Force Base with six—for some time the number was in dispute—nuclear-tipped cruise missiles suspended from one wing.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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It just so happened that on July 3, 2009, the Jerusalem Post printed a dispatch about one of Israelis nuclear-capable Dolphin-class submarines.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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While the warhead design program may have been suspended, work is racing forward on the other two aspects of nuclear weapon making: uranium fuel enrichment and nuclear-capable missile building.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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“On September 6, the biggest build-up of Russian airpower in NATO airspace saw as many as eight Tu-95s nuclear-capable bombers track their way from the Barents Sea and into the Atlantic… shadowed by 20 NATO fighters,” it said.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Or in the new scare phrase for the new nuclear age, before Iran is “nuclear-capable.”
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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My guess is that Hadley mentioned the SS-26s, then, simply to highlight alleged Russian irresponsibility in the matter, specifically the willingness to employ potentially nuclear-capable forces in the conflict.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Which suggests the Israelis have no alternative but to strike Iran itself, as they did Iraq and Syria, before it becomes nuclear-capable.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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“Strategic” is a widely used euphemism in nuclear affairs for “nuclear-capable.”
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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